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Bad Heart Killed NJ Man, 73, While In Police Custody, Grand Jury Finds Bad Heart Killed NJ Man, 73, While In Police Custody, Grand Jury Finds
Bad Heart Killed NJ Man, 73, While In Police Custody, Grand Jury Finds Newark police bore no responsibility in the death from heart disease of a 73-year-old man who collapsed in the back seat of a patrol car, a state grand jury has found. Juan Restrepo of Summit had been taken into custody by officers who'd responded to a report of an intoxicated man behind the wheel of a vehicle on June 15, 2020, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. “He was then transported to [an] NJ TRANSIT station, where officials attempted to obtain a Breathalyzer reading,” the attorney general said. “A reading was not able to be obtained.” Restrepo “was subsequent…

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AG Reviews Hospital Death Of Suspected Paterson Burglar AG Reviews Hospital Death Of Suspected Paterson Burglar
AG Reviews Hospital Death Of Suspected Paterson Burglar An "agitated" man who callers said was walking on roofs in Paterson and apparently trying to break into homes died at the hospital about an hour later, authorities said. Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said his office is investigating the death because it followed an interaction with police. He also temporarily withheld the man's identity. City police "received multiple 911 calls from the 600 block of Madison Avenue...regarding a man walking on the roofs and attempting to break into homes" shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday, the attorney general said. "Officers of the P…

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Police Bear No Responsiblity In Old Bridge Man's Drug Death, Grand Jury Finds Police Bear No Responsiblity In Old Bridge Man's Drug Death, Grand Jury Finds
Police Bear No Responsiblity In Old Bridge Man's Drug Death, Grand Jury Finds Old Bridge police bear no responsibility in the death of a township man in custody while he was high on drugs, a state grand jury found. Frank Zampini, 49, was “flailing his arms around” and fighting with a neighbor who was trying to restrain him when officers arrived at the Stratford Apartments on Arcade Lane shortly before 1 a.m. July 15, 2019, Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. Zampini “was coming down after having used Ecstasy,” Bruck said. He fought with the officers, as well, trying to bite them, so they handcuffed him “for his own protection as well as their own,” the att…

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by Jerry DeMarco